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New Zealand’s Southern Wilderness
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Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand’s third-largest island, is known for its vibrant birdlife, unique forests, wilderness beaches, and views of the night sky.

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Pink Penguin Guano Provides Diet Clues
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The color of Adélie penguin droppings reveals what the birds are eating, offering scientists a way to track how sea ice conditions influence their diet.

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A Million-Panel Project
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Utah’s new solar power and battery storage facility is among the largest in the region.

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Why Maine’s Sandy Shorelines Turn Jagged
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Differences in the underlying bedrock and how rivers distribute sediment make the coastlines west of Portland look unlike those northeast of the city.

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Fans of the Arctic
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Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.

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Wild, Scenic, and Increasingly Rusty
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Orange streams are now being spotted in hundreds of watersheds in permafrost areas throughout Alaska’s Brooks Range.

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The Battle for Sullivan’s Island
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Marshy, sandy terrain and an impassable inlet helped colonial forces repel British forces during a pivotal battle on the barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina, on June 28, 1776.

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Playing the Moon Game 
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Apollo astronauts previewed their roles as lunar field geologists in Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

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Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha
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Relentless rains are threatening a lake in Kenya's Great Rift Valley that has become a key hub in the global flower trade.

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Nebraska’s Wide, Rolling Domain
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The Nebraska Sandhills—the largest system of sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere—stretch across about one-quarter of the state.

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